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Kucinich wins Democratic primary, overcoming tough challenge in Ohio congressional race
By Julie Carr Smyth
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:50 a.m. March 5, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dennis Kucinich may not be a presidential contender, but he is still a winner among his Cleveland constituents.
The Ohio liberal won 50 percent of the vote in a five-way Democratic congressional primary Tuesday, beating back critics who said he ignored business at home to travel the country in his quest to be president.
Mayor Sanders The six-term incumbent will face former state Rep. Jim Trakas, who won 80 percent of Republican votes cast in the northeast Ohio district. Kucinich's race was the best-known congressional contest on ballots in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday.
Other races included a fight for the nomination to challenge Sen. John Cornyn in Texas. In Vermont, voters in one community approved a measure calling for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
For years, the 61-year-old Kucinich won re-election by margins of up to 75 percent in a reliably Democratic district.
But after sensing early that Cleveland City Council member Joe Cimperman was a formidable opponent, Kucinich abandoned his presidential campaign on Jan. 25, months earlier in the race than he did in 2004, when he also was polling in low one-digit numbers.
After leaving the White House race, Kucinich returned to his familiar fighting-for-you mantra to win renomination and landed a quick $700,000 in contributions.
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Kucinich wins Democratic primary, overcoming tough challenge in Ohio congressional race
By Julie Carr Smyth
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:50 a.m. March 5, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Dennis Kucinich may not be a presidential contender, but he is still a winner among his Cleveland constituents.
The Ohio liberal won 50 percent of the vote in a five-way Democratic congressional primary Tuesday, beating back critics who said he ignored business at home to travel the country in his quest to be president.
Mayor Sanders The six-term incumbent will face former state Rep. Jim Trakas, who won 80 percent of Republican votes cast in the northeast Ohio district. Kucinich's race was the best-known congressional contest on ballots in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday.
Other races included a fight for the nomination to challenge Sen. John Cornyn in Texas. In Vermont, voters in one community approved a measure calling for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
For years, the 61-year-old Kucinich won re-election by margins of up to 75 percent in a reliably Democratic district.
But after sensing early that Cleveland City Council member Joe Cimperman was a formidable opponent, Kucinich abandoned his presidential campaign on Jan. 25, months earlier in the race than he did in 2004, when he also was polling in low one-digit numbers.
After leaving the White House race, Kucinich returned to his familiar fighting-for-you mantra to win renomination and landed a quick $700,000 in contributions.